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| Thread ID: 57121 | 2005-04-24 06:42:00 | Tv problems | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | PC World Chat |
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| 348230 | 2005-04-26 08:19:00 | OK, I'm 99% sure it's a focus failure. This is almost always very easy and cheap to fix, but it's the overall economics that decide what you do next. Even though it is probably viable to repair, you might be better off with a new set. As others have pointed out, they are cheap as chips now. Cheers Billy 8-{) Yes you were 100% right Billy it was a focus failure (took it to a shop) could have been fixed but they dont make the part anymore, so we have to buy a new one. |
Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 348231 | 2005-04-26 08:33:00 | Well done Overdrive. Ho there jameskan.... One is the young and restless whereby they ask Overdrive to replace his old TV. Don't you believe it! :D | Scouse (83) | ||
| 348232 | 2005-04-26 10:18:00 | Well done Overdrive. Ho there jameskan.... One is the young and restless whereby they ask Overdrive to replace his old TV. Don't you believe it! :D You've misunderstood me, Scouse. Look at the very first post by Overdrive: "It appears our TV that is 25 years old may have died was working fine last night but today its stuffed you cant see any picture and the colours are all funny (u can see green and purple kinda colours) We tried a different aerial but that didnt change anything. We think that the picture tube is shot. What do you guys reckon ?" The fact that he had used his TV for 25 years proved that he is not a person who simply discard old, usable product in favour of the latest and newest gadgets. If his TV did not break down, he would still be using it until it conks out. From the last post by Overdrive, he states that the shop that repairs his TV doesn't produce the focus part anymore. This shows that Overdrive actually wanted his TV to be repaired in order to continue using it. Unfortunately, the shop does not have the parts that is needed to repair his TV, which leads to the obvious solution. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 348233 | 2005-04-26 10:25:00 | Good thing he was saved from going down that road. After all he now has the opportunity to outlay a large wad of cash and by a fancy modern set that can display Shortland Street in all its technicolour glory.. :xmouth: :xmouth: :xmouth: |
Metla (12) | ||
| 348234 | 2005-04-26 10:46:00 | .... he now has the opportunity to outlay a large wad of cash.... Which is what the young and the restless (y&r) like to do... :groan: |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 348235 | 2005-04-26 10:54:00 | And more power to em, Might as well splash out while you can, The full weight of society will bear down on them soon enough and they will no longer be able to afford a 300 dollar pants,or a $2500 set of rims, Instead they will be weighed down by hundreds of thousands worth of debt,power bills,food,doctors bills,..... | Metla (12) | ||
| 348236 | 2005-04-26 11:00:00 | and ongoing computer crisis bills......:p have a life, find a partner, be merry, have kids, be stressed, get a mortgage, retrain, get a job, be social, spend money ......oh what fun.... :D beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 348237 | 2005-04-26 11:15:00 | Prevention is better than cure, gentlemen. We don't want our younger generations (that includes me) to be a spendthrift. Their mind are still young and need to be taught that monies are hard to come and they need to control the rate those notes flowing out of their wallets and pockets. If they understand this simple theory, then we will have a much brighter, better future. Why spend money on drinking beer and alcohol drinks when it could be spend on much more better things like donating to a charity? Why overuse credit cards only to find themselves to be burden by big bills because of uncontrol spending? My dad doesn't believe in paying for goods and bills using credit cards. There is an incident when we went to The Warehouse to buy a 21 inch TV. It cost us around 300 bucks, which my dad fished out around 15 pieces of $20 note. In another scenario, my dad went to some place at Otahuhu to buy some furnitures, which cost us 1100 bucks. Again, he paid using only $20 notes. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 348238 | 2005-04-26 11:27:00 | yes james you are right, but you can't keep flogging a dead horse.Sometime it's just uneconomical to repair and better to replace. | plod (107) | ||
| 348239 | 2005-04-26 12:00:00 | yes james you are right, but you can't keep flogging a dead horse . Sometime it's just uneconomical to repair and better to replace . Yes, I agree . Rational judgement and consideration needs to be taken into account when something that is broken needs money to repair . In this case, a 25-year old TV . If the cost to fix the lens of the TV is relatively small, then Overdrive should go for it . Unfortunately,the lens part is not available and Overdrive is forced to purchase a new TV . If he is smart, he might consider keeping the old TV until it becomes antique (say, 100 years :D) . Then, auction it off to private collectors . If the cost to repair the TV is humongous, then he definitely should get a brand new one . Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
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